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Purgatory and Paradise

Author Dante Alighieri Italian
Illustrator Gustave Doré French
n.d.
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Purgatory and Paradise
  • Author: Dante Alighieri (Italian, Florence ca. 1265–1321 Ravenna)
  • Illustrator: Gustave Doré (French, Strasbourg 1832–1883 Paris)
  • Publisher: Cassell, Petter and Galpin New York, London, and Paris
  • Published in: Paris; New York; London
  • Date: n.d.
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney S. Piken, 1973
  • Object Number: 1973.625.35
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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